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WALTER PHILIP JACKSON
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
August 4, 1943 – August 10, 1966
Service recordWalter Philip Jackson, of Danville, Illinois, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 10, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 123
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Born
- August 4, 1943
- Home of record
- Danville, Illinois (Vermilion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1966; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 123
- ROBERT DANIEL HIGBEELance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH KINDREDPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE KLECKLEYPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- CHEVO GARCIA LARASpecialist Four · August 10, 1966
From Danville
- THOMAS EDWARD BROWNLieutenant (junior grade) · April 29, 1966
- ROBERT FRANCIS ENDERBYLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT CARL SHERMANSergeant · June 24, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DAVISPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- KENNETH RALPH MCALLISTERPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
- PERRY DICKEN JRLance Corporal · April 11, 1968
- CECIL LAVON RENDERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- JOHN ALLEN GOLDSBERY IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1968
- ROBERT DUANE SHIPMANStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1970
- HARRY STANLEY MASON JRSpecialist Four · November 9, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.